BJP said on Thursday that it has great respect for and takes pride in the judiciary, comments that came in the wake of a raging controversy over the reference to judicial corruption in an NCERT text book which has drawn anger from the Supreme Court. “We also do ‘pranam’ to the judiciary. Given the impartiality with which the Indian judiciary functions, we should always respect and stand with the judiciary of the country,” BJP spokesperson Sabmit Patra said at a presser. As far as the NCERT issue is concerned, it’s a sensitive matter, he said. “There is no other institution, I would say not only in India but in this whole world, that is as independent and as deserving as the Indian judiciary is,” he said. “We all have a feeling of great respect and pride towards the Indian judiciary, and this is the feeling in everyone’s heart.”